Re: [AMENDMENT]: Release Etch now, with source-less but legal and freely licensed firmware
Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>> + | firmware included in the kernel itself as part of Debian Etch.
>> + | We allow inclusion into etch even if the way we distribute the
>> + | firmware leads to a violation of the license, if the current
>
> What do you mean by "the way we distribute the firmware leads to a violation
> of the license" ? This is a paraphrase of sourceless implicitly GPL-licenced
> drivers ? Why not say it directly then ?
Yes, it was meant as that, but since I don't have a detailed overview of
the firmware affected, I wanted to phrase it in a more general way.
However, see my answer to Anthony Towns.
Regards, Frank
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Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
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